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Humor News of the Weird

Best. Headline. Ever.

This has nothing to do with science, but this has to be the best headline ever: British dwarf’s penis gets stuck to hoover Original story here. Even better, the dwarf in question goes by the stage name Captain Dan the Demon Dwarf. I don’t think there’s anything to add here.

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Medicine News of the Weird Personal

Too much coffee!

Yikes! In my grant writing frenzy the last few days, this could easily have been me: Jasmine Willis, 17, developed a fever and began hyperventilating after drinking seven double espressos while working at her family’s sandwich shop. The student, of Stanley, County Durham, was taken to the University Hospital of North Durham, where doctors confirmed […]

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Clinical trials Medicine News of the Weird Politics

Cannabis and schizophrenia?

I was going to write about a recent study that purports to claim that smoking pot causes schizophrenia that’s been making the rounds lately. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you see it), this week’s host of the Skeptics’ Circle, Mark Hoofnagle, beat me to it. Can you say, “Correlation does not necessarily equal causation”? […]

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Medicine News of the Weird Skepticism/critical thinking

A different take on Oscar the Kitty of Doom

(LOL Oscar from Lauren.) While I expressed skepticism the other day regarding the media reports that a cat named Oscar could predict which patients at the nursing home in which he resides were within hours of death, some of you believed it, some even going so far as to speculate that not only could Oscar […]

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Humor News of the Weird

Gene Simmons, eat your heart out

Continuing this weekend’s silliness, I found a contender for Gene Simmons’ throne, at least as far as the tongue action goes: I don’t know why I find this video disturbing, but I do. Don’t worry. I promise to post something substantive tomorrow.